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Waldo L. Schmitt Papers : field notes, Tortugas (notes transferred to diary), 1924

by: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Publication date: 1924

Topics: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, Carnegie Institution of Washington. ‎Tortugas Laboratory‏, Crustaceans, Marine biology, Natural history, Zoology

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

Item Size: 41.7M

The field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. This field book consists in notes, dated July 22-24, 1924, transferred to a diary. They give the number of stations, and depth of hauls and soundings performed in each. The seven first pages of notes appear to have been torn away

Abstract: The field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. This field book consists in notes, dated July 22-24, 1924, transferred to a diary. They give the number of stations, and depth of hauls and soundings performed in each. The seven first pages of notes appear to have been torn away.